No kapchai ban in Kuala Lumpur city centre – Ku Nan

The expected u-turn has popped up. Federal Territories minister Datuk Seri Tengku Adnan Tengku Mansor said there will be no ban on small underbone motorcycles, popularly known as kapchais, in the Kuala Lumpur city centre, The Star reports.

“Don’t worry, we will not implement the ban. I said there was only a possibility of us going ahead with the ban, not that it would be implemented,” he said, adding that the ministry would not go ahead with a ban if it was not popular with the rakyat.

“We will always look at it in the proper way without burdening the people. I know many people use these types of vehicles, especially to travel to work, because they are cheap. We will never do it if the rakyat don’t want it. What can we do? We will follow the rakyat,” he said.

Earlier in the week, Tengku Adnan had said that small bikes might be banned from entering the city in an effort to reduce carbon emissions and pollution, a statement that brought about mixed reactions from the public.

In response to the proposal, Natural Resources and Environment minister Datuk Seri Dr Wan Junaidi Tuanku Jaafar refuted the notion that such a ban will help reduce pollution, and said proper research is needed before proceeding with such a move.

The police also chipped in on the matter. Its crime prevention and community safety department director, Datuk Rusli Ahmad, said authorities should take into account the considerations of those in the lower income bracket using such motorcycles, and not just focus on reducing carbon emissions and snatch theft cases in the city centre.

Anthony Lim believes that nothing is better than a good smoke and a car with character, with good handling aspects being top of the prize heap. Having spent more than a decade and a half with an English tabloid daily never being able to grasp the meaning of brevity or being succinct, he wags his tail furiously at the idea of waffling - in greater detail - about cars and all their intrinsic peculiarities here.

“Don’t worry, we will not implement the ban. I said there was only a possibility of us going ahead with the ban, not that it would be implemented” —> This is a fine example of people who talk without thinking.

There would have been so many advantages if the ban was to be implemented not just in KL but nationwide but as expected it is not to be.
Imagine Msia without kapchais……..it would be a much much better place…

The good thing is, for once they listened to the the rakyat…the bad thing is, they should have done enough research and collected enough data before releasing irresponsible statements. Although no real harm was done, but it just proves how irrational certain people in power are. Until you can provide efficient and affordable or free transportation for the general public, it doesn’t make sense to ban kapchais as much as I don’t like them myself.

public transport while is great, does not cover the entire kl. we need a public transport to cover the entire kl before we could implement this

many livelihoods will be affected if this ban is implemented and the gov has made the wise decision not to introduce this. no doubt in an ideal world, this ban is good, however we dont live in one and we got to tolerate and give room for other pockets of society to go on with their day to day lives

To reduce pollution is not by putting burden on the lowest community of the B40. In fact, the ministers and other high ranking civil servants should take the initiative in reducing the pollution by taking public transport when moving around. No more escorts. This is the 21st century where moving from point A to B can be touch at the click of a button (Uber,Grab) A real leader inspire its people.

Kapcai is the way of life to earn a living for a lot of people and its the only way of life for many families. Instead of banning them the government should consider selling better bikes with higher safety specification cheaper instead. Or even better reduce the car taxes that have been the bane for all Malaysians trying to make a living and remove all tolls. Can’t do it? Then don’t bully the poor.

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